The assistant director remained in a state of shock.
Qi Ke had to rush back to Yunzhou City in the afternoon and then fly to Provence. Her clothes were a mess, so she had to go back and change first. After saying goodbye to the assistant director, she left.
Before leaving, she gave Song Yushi a peck on the lips.
Assistant Director: (Fuck’s sake!)
Seeing the assistant director dazed, Song Yushi waved a hand in front of his face. “Director?”
The assistant director startled, shook his head, and suspected he was still dreaming. But Song Yushi was already asking what he wanted to talk to her about, taking the script from his hand and starting to discuss her ideas.
“Wait…” the assistant director interrupted her.
Song Yushi turned her head. “Hmm?”
The assistant director laughed, his hand moving unconsciously in mid-air. “Teacher Qi was just joking, right? I remember you two are a business CP. I didn’t expect your relationship to be so genuinely good.”
Oh, that.
Song Yushi lowered her head again, her tone calm and steady. “What she said is true.”
Assistant Director: “!!!”
Song Yushi flipped a page of the script and continued, “We’re dating.”
Assistant Director: “???”
Song Yushi closed the script and frowned slightly, looking very troubled. “It’s really not good to be dating in secret like this.”
The assistant director stammered, “Right?”
Song Yushi: “I have to explain it to everyone.”
Assistant Director: “Huh?”
Song Yushi pursed her lips. “Why don’t we just make it official on Weibo?”
Assistant Director: “…”
Calm down! Will your managers be happy about this!!!
【The official audio for 《Her》 is out! Go listen! I just listened to the duet and I’m in tears. What kind of divine song is this? It’s so, so, so sweet. A Sapphic anthem!】
【It really feels like a sweet romance on a summer evening.】
【I don’t know why, but it reminds me of a rumor someone exposed before. It said that during their trainee days, our older sister would dance in the practice room until very late, and Keke, who wasn’t very close to her yet, would always wait for her downstairs at the company, eating a popsicle, listening to the music from the square-dancing aunties outside, just hanging around until our older sister came out. Keke would greet her: “Hi, Captain, what a coincidence.”】
【Aww, fuck, it really has that vibe!】
【Keke also liked to wear skirts in the summer, and when she was eighteen, she loved wearing pigtails. She was as cute as could be. She never said she was waiting for her older sister, just handed her a popsicle.】
【Dammit, summer is for falling in love!!!】
Sister Ming didn’t dare to slack on the new album’s promotion. Hot searches and big screens were all arranged. The strategy of marketing the CP hadn’t changed, and she also bought a hot search for Song Yushi and Qi Ke’s new song.
It quickly surpassed the previous trending topics to become number one.
Hot Search #1: #Qi Ke, Song Yushi, New Song Summer Romance#
Hot Search #2: #Qi Ke’s New Album 《Her》#
Hot Search #3: #Sweet Day Collectively Supports Qi Ke’s New Album#
@Meng Ying: Hope the album sells well, treat me to hot pot.
@Zhong Yi: Here, here, already listening with @Song Yushi.
@Chengzhi: The duet is so sweet! Take me with you next time!
Perhaps because Song Yushi was busy, she only came online in the afternoon to repost Qi Ke’s Weibo—@Song Yushi: Here, supporting the new album [Happy]
As soon as she commented and reposted, Qi Ke immediately came online and started replying to the people who had promoted her album.
None of the replies were perfunctory, but her reply to Song Yushi was even more attentive.
@Qi Ke: Filming is hard work! Remember to rest well, go to bed early, cover yourself with a blanket, and don’t catch a cold. Is it still raining over there? Drink more hot water. Miss you!
The entire fan circle: “…………”
They were all ordinary words, so why did they feel like they had just been slapped in the face with a public display of affection?
CP Fans: “…”
The amount of information was too large, with too many points to ship, they didn’t know where to start.
【I fucking shot up from my deathbed and spiraled 365 degrees into the sky! What kind of conversation between a little couple is this? Oh my god? Is this real?】
【Miss you, miss you, miss you. Hot water, hot water, hot water. Hard work, hard work, hard work.】
【Wait, sisters, stop shipping for a second, someone is spreading rumors.】
It was called a rumor, but it was actually a leaked, grainy video claiming that Song Yushi’s mysterious lover had visited the set a few days ago. The gossip accounts immediately went into a frenzy, reposting it again and again until it was on the hot search.
#Song Yushi, Relationship#
Followed by a shocked emoji.
Song Yushi’s solo stans immediately exploded.
【Will you ever stop? Schrödinger’s lover? They’re nowhere to be seen normally, but as soon as Song Yushi has some activity, they pop up? You pair Song Yushi up with someone every day. You don’t need to worry about the beautiful girl’s love life, worry about your own first.】
【Even I, who am not a CP fan, know that it was Qi Ke visiting the set. Just because she’s wearing a hat, you assume it’s a man? The Sweet Day members visit each other internally, and she wasn’t just seeing Yushi. Is Zhong Yi invisible!?】
【I’ll come clean, it was me who visited the set. I’m Song Yushi’s boyfriend, her future husband.】
【Does Song Yushi have to endorse peanuts for you to sober up?】
The CP fans, on the other hand, silently liked the posts and shivered in their WeChat group.
【This is so annoying. When the truth is clarified, are the gossip accounts going to claim we’ve successfully shipped them again? Are they going to say the two of them are real? Speechless! I ship CPs just for fun, I never wanted them to actually be together. There’s no need to spread rumors that they’re a couple, right?】
【So did they do it?】
【They did.】
【…】
The arguing continued into the night. The first gossip account that posted the rumor clarified it, saying he had made a mistake and that the person in the video was indeed Qi Ke. Qi Yu is real after all! We’ve successfully shipped it again!
Song Yushi’s solo stans: “Stop pretending to be a fucking CP fan.”
Qi Yu CP Fans: “They definitely did it that day!”
While the internet was in an uproar, the film set was very calm.
As the contact person, Zhong Yi also frequently moved around the border area. Her residence was in an alley in a certain town. The long alley had just been washed by the rain, and the water droplets on the bluestone slabs glittered under the sunlight.
At the very end of this alley stood a single, detached house with a wooden door that showed its age. The flowers and plants in the small courtyard were well-tended. On the windowsill of the second floor, a few shirts hung, fluttering in the wind. Water dripped down, landing on the flowers blooming by the first-floor window.
In the second-floor bedroom.
Zhong Yi opened the window and was immediately stung by the sun that was reluctant to set. “It gets dark so late here, it’s almost seven-thirty.”
She turned around.
Song Yushi was lying on a lounge chair by the window, catching up on sleep. Hearing her, her thin lips moved slightly. “What time is the night scene?”
Zhong Yi sat down and, while setting up her phone, said, “Nine o’clock.”
Song Yushi gave a low hum.
Zhong Yi opened her phone, hesitated for a moment, but couldn’t help but ask, “Captain, I’m about to go live. Are you sure it’s okay for me to stream your sleeping face like this?”
Song Yushi suggested, “Should I go sleep on the bed?”
“Don’t—” Zhong Yi quickly stopped her. “This live stream is a task from the director. I need to show our crew’s life. You sleeping in the background feels more appealing.”
Song Yushi’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Just as she was about to speak, Zhong Yi said, “Shh, it’s starting.”
Song Yushi went silent.
She had originally thought about getting up to greet the fans, but though her mind willed it, her limbs wouldn’t obey. She gradually fell asleep as Zhong Yi talked to the fans.
The environment wasn’t right, so she didn’t sleep soundly. In a half-dreaming state, she heard Zhong Yi let out a soft “ah.” “The Captain and I, we’re just good friends. Don’t ship us as a CP. Hmm? A friendship CP? That’s okay too.”
Song Yushi’s fingertips twitched.
She thought to herself, someone’s going to get jealous again.
Provence, Presidential Suite.
As soon as Qi Ke woke up, she saw a barrage of messages from Zhong Yi, telling her to watch her live stream.
Qi Ke sneered. “I’m busy, no time for your boring live stream.”
Zhong Yi replied quickly.
A screenshot, with Song Yushi’s quiet and gentle face in the background.
【Qi Ke retracted a message】
Just as Zhong Yi thought Qi Ke would soon pop into her live stream, Song Yushi’s phone suddenly rang.
An invitation for a video call.
An invitation from Qi Ke, across mountains and rivers.
The ringtone echoed throughout the live stream.
Live stream fans: ???
The Song Yushi fans who had come to admire their baby’s sleeping face were excited: Who is calling my baby right now! Can I see my baby moving! Can I see my baby talking! Whoever is calling her, I’ll kneel down and call them daddy!
Song Yushi answered: “Qi Ke.”
Song Yushi’s fans: “???”
Not even two minutes later, they retracted their promise.
Song Yushi turned on her side. The sky here got dark late, but once the sun began to set, the sky darkened quickly. Zhong Yi had already turned on the light. The dim yellow light made her side profile look gentle.
“What’s wrong?”
Her voice was soft and hoarse, low, like a lover’s whisper.
Zhong Yi was using Song Yushi as a backdrop, and Song Yushi had deliberately lowered her voice, so it didn’t affect her live stream at all. She continued to chat with the fans about life on set.
Qi Yu CP Fans: Zhong Yi! You’re my dad! Let me see the little couple video calling live 555 Didn’t they just see each other, does she miss her that much!! What are the little couple saying, let me listen too QAQ
“Mm, waiting for the night scene.” Song Yushi brought the camera closer. “Look, I have dark circles.”
Qi Ke examined her carefully and nodded. “If you were in a bamboo forest, you’d be the cutest panda!”
Song Yushi shot her a glare.
“Sister Ming told you about the mid-year gala, right? We have to sing on the same stage,” Qi Ke said. “But we can’t sing our own songs at this kind of gala. I chose a song called 《I Love You》. I remember you sing it very well.”
Back when Sweet Day went to KTV together, this was a song Song Yushi would always sing.
Qi Ke would occasionally grab the mic and sing a couple of lines with her, but fearing the other members would see through them, she would stop after just two lines. Only Zhong Yi would be sneering on the side: Come out of the closet if you have the guts!
Song Yushi hummed in agreement. “Okay.”
Song Yushi had filmed an action scene during the day and was exhausted. She chatted with Qi Ke intermittently and gradually fell asleep. Qi Ke didn’t hang up either, just watched her sleep from the other end.
The live stream audience: ??? No nested dolls, please.
But just then, Qi Ke suddenly entered the live stream.
Audience: Wow wow wow! Keke came to see Zhong Yi!
Zhong Yi and Qi Ke’s CP Fans: We got our content! I’ll ship this even if it breaks my teeth!
Qi Ke’s Akgae Fans: Video chatting with Song Yushi while watching Zhong Yi’s live stream. Qi Ke, the young Sea King, truly lives up to her name [Thumbs up]
Live stream notification—
【Qi Ke sent 10 Deep-water Torpedoes】
【Qi Ke sent 20 Deep-water Torpedoes】
【Qi Ke sent 15 Deep-water Torpedoes】
Zhong Yi: …Thanks for the generosity, my friend.
But why did she have a bad feeling about this?
A large bullet comment scrolled across with the torpedoes: Be quieter, she’s sleeping.
Live stream audience: !!!
Zhong Yi: “…………”
Why is she always the one who gets hurt!!!
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